Condo homeowners insurance

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I own a 2-family attached house. I live on one side and rent the other side. I now want to turn both sides into condo, sell one side to a private party, and continue to live on the other side. What kind of homeowners do I need? My mortgage will be very very low. I was expecting my insurance cost to decrease. Will it?

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I think your legal fees will far outweigh any savings on insurance.  There may not be any savings;  you'd have to get one policy for yourself, as a unit owner, and you'd have to pay half of the premium for the policy on the structure and grounds that the new condominium association would need.

To set up the condominium, you'd need to create and file a master deed and unit deeds, you'd need condominium association by-laws, and more, possibly including some local or parish approvals.  Condominium documents are not for the faint of heart, even among attorneys, most of whom won't touch that kind of work if they don't already know how.

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